Khushi Kumari Gupta- Main Female Protagonist- True to her name , she is a joy in everyone's life. Khushi , a girl who has faith in her prayers -her devi maiyya is a small town girl with strong moral values. She loves her family a lot especially her jiji payal and is a kind of person who can sacrifice anything for her loved ones. She likes to see goodness in every heart. A firm believer ,an optimist who likes to cook jalebies in order to make herself stress free. She is the life in the show and also light in Arnav's dark world. A simple girl with her pure heart falls in love with a man she could never dream of falling in love with. Her journey lets her explore other side of Arnav Singh Raizada which is kept hidden from outside world. She is attracted to him and eventually ready to accept him when her world falls apart when in sudden turn of events in her life her very own prince charming turns into her rakshas.She is heartbroken with his hate yet determined to know the reason behind. As someone who always keeps other happiness first, Khushi tries to bring joy in Arnav's life. Iss Pyaar ko kya naam doon is a journey of Khushi Kumari Gupta's love which redefines sacrifice and selflessness.
The main antagonist of the show. Initially he was shown as Khushi's savior and a simple person, who is a lawyer by profession, lives as a paying guest at Gupta House. But later his true colors were shown and he turned out to be Anjali's husband. He tried several ways to break Arnav and Khushi's relationship. Other than that he tried to kill Anjali and he even managed to kill his unborn baby framing it as an accident. After all this, his truth was exposed by Arnav, Khushi and NK and he was thrown out of the house by Anjali and the other members.
Protagonist. She is a sweet and caring person in nature. Her life revolves around her family members and her dear husband. She loves him immensely. Her chotey is the apple of her eye. She trusts her husband blindly and loves him immensely.Unaware of his true colors she always falls in his traps easily and does whatever he wants to.At first she didn't believe Arnav and Khushi when they accused Shyam for his bad deeds because of her blind love and faith but later when Shyam was exposed with evidence Anjali herself slapped him and threw him out of the house.
The Glamorous Manorama Singh Raizada (or at least she thinks so) comes from a middle class background like the Gupta sisters. She became a Raizada, changing her status from their servant to Bahu, when she fell in love and married Mahendra Singh Raizada .She is intelligent, an instinctive detective, a lioness who loves and protects her "sons" (biological son Akash and nephew Arnav) and a busy body. She loves to snacks and is constantly watching her weight. She has a love for aesthetics including fashion and make-up.Akash is her child but Arnav is her precious nephew whom she helped put into business by selling her jewelry and secretly giving him the money to start his business. She spars with Buaji.
Famous lines: "Pleeege, Escuuuz Me"
There is not much to say on this character because he disappeared so quickly but in the short time I noticed: He was a loyal husband who accepted his wife's faults. He loved his son and backed his decisions. He was a loving son, husband and uncle. He disappeared from the show by working overseas in America.
A loving mother, married to Sashi Gupta and raising two daughters, Payal (Sashi's daughter from his first marriage) and Khushi (her deceased sister's daughter), she has become their Amma and loves them as her own. She is shy, adoring and loyal, a dedicated caregiver. Her desire is for her daughters to be happy.She has a hidden past and secret which involves Arnav's parents.
A confectioner in Lucknow who has relocated in Delhi due to circumstances (he sold his business to cover dowry expenses, only to lose everything and have his daughter's marriage break) and lives with his family in his eldest sister's home.Honest,loving and hard working, his daughters are his priority, related by blood or not he treats each equally and love them wholeheartedly. Once strong and able bodied, he is now wheelchair bound. His medical issues brought upon by stress and only exacerbated by a sneaky villain who has caused him to have apoplexy that has lead to a heart attack complicated by a stroke.Unable to speak and is paralyzed but his eyes are his voice.
A young orphaned boy who was taken advantage of by Sheetal and used for her plans to exhort money from Arnav Singh Raizada. He imitates Arnav to make all believe he is ASR's son.But DM had other plans for this youth, for after Sheetal was exposed this young boy was adopted as Arnav and Khushi's and the Raizada's own.
She is Anjali and Arnav's paternal grandmother who left the family after her son and daughter-in-law's suicides and lived in an Ashram for many years without contacting the family. She returned to Raizada mansion after Shyam prompting. She is strict, firm and unbending of rules. She believed Khushi was a servant when she first came and has great disdain for her andhas bitterness and anger for Khushi because of Shyam's story.The revelation of Arnav's elopement forces a remarriage, thereby separating Arnav and Khushi temporarily but causes amplification of their love and trust.
She is Sashi Gupta's elder sister who lives in Delhi and has opened her home to her destitute brother and his family. She is crazy about the girls, her nieces but in the beginning treats Khushi poorly, which changes as the series moves on. She runs a home business.She is a beautiful rotund woman with a good heart and is outspoken and fierce when she needs to be.She always has a bandana wrapped around her forehead and she flings her long braid around her and keeps her glasses on top of her head only to forget where they are.
Arnav is her Bubwa.
She spars with Manorama.
Her famous words are, "Haye NandiKishore!"
She is a past girl friend of Arnav's college days at Harvard. Although innocent looking, this beauty is sly and cunning. She always has a plan and enters the Raizada household to only cause upheaval. She has one thing in mind and that is extortion. Sheetal enters with Khushi saving Aarav from kidnappers. She slithers her way into the Raizada household and proceeds to place doubt in Khushi mind about Arnav and Aarav's relation. She plays on Khushi's goodness to her full advantage and uses Aarav as bait. Her true nature is clearly seen by our hero who sets a trap for this "fishy" woman and bags her hook, line and sinker.
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She is a four-legged confidante (goat) to Naniji and Khushiji. She is well dressed and well cared for on the show.
There are so many Prakash brothers but Iss Pyaar Ko Kya naam Doon? would not be a show without them.Om, Hari, Jai, Uncle Chacha...
Which one are you?
So many different Prakash's but all have one thing in common...
Arnav's wrath.
Yes, it has been taken out on every single one.
One yell from his lips and one comes running. They are either yelled at or discarded. The trays are either taken or refused and sometimes glasses or coffee mugs have been broken.
They have been splashed on, yelled at, door swung open in their face and the master of the house walks on in and they never know his mood but needless to say they know how to handle him...
run away... or
y..y..yes, Sir!
